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Zarif talked in reference to the shooting down of an Israeli F-16 jet which had reportedly attacked an Iranian site in Syria.

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“What has happened in the past several days, has been that the so-called invincibility has crumbled.”

“Israel uses aggression as a policy against its neighbors”, he said.

Zarif concluded with stern words of warning: “Iran’s interests are not secured, Iran will respond, will respond seriously, and I believe, it would be a response that people would be sorry for taking Iranian actions, they did not.”

During the same conference, Saudi Foreign Minister blasted Iran. Full details can be read here.

Paul Antonopoulos is a Research Fellow at the Center for Syncretic Studies. He has an MA in International Relations and is interested in Great Power Rivalry as well as the International Relations and Political Economy of the Middle East and Latin America.